An Inside Look at PBR Plus: Recruiting Essentials
Tue October 27, 2015
By Greg Williams
WV Director of Scouting
The Prep Baseball Report website offers a wealth of information and daily articles that allow a player, parent or the average fan of amateur baseball free content to devour. For those that want more, a PBR Plus subscription allows for even more content, video analysis and inside recruiting information.
During the course of the fall we will introduce the general public to all of the benefits afforded to those with a PBR Plus subscription. Today we take an inside look at our Recruiting Essentials blog and the vast amount of information it can provide to a potential recruit.

The Recruiting Essentials blog is PBR Plus subscriber-only content that explores how the college baseball recruiting process works ?? from the first interaction with a college coach until a student-athlete steps on campus.
Our target audience includes high school baseball players that strive to play baseball at the next level, their families, coaches, as well as anyone with an interest in learning more about the college baseball recruiting process
Our main emphasis will be information related to NCAA Division I recruiting and eligibility rules as these are the most complex and having an understanding of these first will make learning how the other levels work much easier.
In addition to features on recruiting and eligibility rules we will also be posting content that take a close look at college baseball recruiting from a real world perspective in analysis, quick tip, Q & A and mailbag articles.
Topics we will cover:
- NCAA, NJCAA and NAIA recruiting and eligibility rules
- How to write a letter/e-mail to a college coach
- College visits
- In depth look at athletic scholarships and percentages
- Academic scholarships and need-based aid
- NCAA, NJCAA and NAIA rules specific to baseball ?? roster size, scholarship slots, walk-ons, etc
- Transfer issues - 2-4, 4-4, 4-2-4
- Q & A and Mailbag ?? answers to questions from prospects and parents
Recruiting essentials archive
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: 4-2-4 Transfers 6.09.15
Transfer rules when transferring from a 4-year to a 2-year and back to a 4-year... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: 4-4 Transfers 5.26.15
NCAA/NAIA rules when transferring from one four-year to another... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: NCAA Division I And 2-4 Transfers 5.19.15
Rules regarding transferring from a two-year school to a NCAA Division I... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: College Visits 5.12.15
Drilling down into NCAA rules regarding visiting colleges ... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: Phone Calls 5.05.15
NCAA Division I rules regarding phone calls between coaches and prospects... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: Electronic Communications 4.21.15
Prior to this date coaches can only send generic information, like camp invites... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: Printed Recruiting Materials 4.14.15
What types of recruiting materials a Division I college coach can provide a prospect and when... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials Mailbag: Junior College, Scholarships And Over-Recruiting 4.07.15
Answering recruiting related questions submitted by our readers... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials Mailbag: NCAA Division I Academic Eligibility Q&A 3.24.15
Answers to readers questions about special admits and core courses ... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: Division I Academic Eligibility Changes For 2016 Grads 3.17.15
Academic redshirt defined, Core GPA/core coursework requirement changes... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: NCAA Division I Academic Eligibility 3.10.15
In order to become an NCAA Qualifier at the NCAA Division I level... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: NCAA Eligibility Center 3.03.15
Analyze your academic and amatuer credentials to determine... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: NCAA Recruiting Calendar For Coaches 2.24.15
A look at what college coaches can do recruiting-wise and when... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials Mailbag: Verbal And Written Offers 2.17.15
When written offers can be made plus some scholarship basics... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: Important Dates For Prospects 2.10.15
Simplified NCAA Division I recruiting calendar for prospects ... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: NCAA Recruiting Terms 2.03.15
A look at key terminology used with NCAA recruiting rules... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: NCAA Eligibility Basics 1.27.15
A look at key initial eligbility terms at the NCAA Division I and II levels... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials Mailbag: New NCAA Eligibility Rules And Figuring Core GPA 1.20.15
Would a journalism class count as an English core course?... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials Mailbag: Junior College Letters-Of-Intent 1.13.15
With the January NJCAA signing period upon us we have received... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials Mailbag: Four-Year Scholarships 1.06.15
Sounds great in theory, in the real world has many pitfalls... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: Top 5 Most Read Articles In 2014 12.30.14
See which articles our readers looked up the most in the last year... >>
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PBRPlus PBR Mailbag: Are Commitments Binding? 12.22.14
Answering readers' questions from Ask... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: A Recruiting Case Study 12.16.14
PBR Pennsylvania's Jacob Gill explores projection vs production... >>
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PBRPlus Digging In: Recruiting Moving At Mind-Boggling Pace, But Why? 12.12.14
The acceleration of freshmen commitments raises many questions... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: Picking An Email Address 12.09.14
One simple move to streamline correspondence with coaches... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials Mailbag: Signing Period Scholarship Confusion 11.25.14
Avoid sticker shock by being proactive ... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials Mailbag: Walk-Ons And Transferring Schools 11.18.14
Recruited vs nonrecruited, permission to contact and more... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials Mailbag: Signing Day And Recruited Walk-Ons 11.11.14
Tackle a question we've received from a number of people... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: Signing An NLI With An NCAA School 11.04.14
The Early Signing Period begins on November 12th... >>
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PBRPlus Verbal Commitments 10.21.14
Updated entry includes 2014-15 signing date information ... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: What College Coaches Look For, Part II 10.14.14
An analysis of the Kansas class of 2014... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: What College Coaches Look For 10.07.14
An analysis of the Illinois class of 2014... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials Mailbag: Extra Factors, Prospect Questionnaires And More 9.30.14
A look at compelling questions we've received from prospects and parents... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials Mailbag: Recruiting Landscape for Unsigned Seniors 9.22.14
the most common theme from this correspondence into one question... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: NCAA Division I Scholarships 9.15.14
An in-depth look at how college baseball scholarships work... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials Mailbag: Visits, Academics and More 9.08.14
take a look at some of the recruiting related questions that have... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: 3 Questions You Should Be Asking College Coaches 9.01.14
baseball prospect your family is making a purchase when you pick a college... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials Mailbag: Hot Button Topics for 2016's 8.25.14
1700 word response to one mega email from concerned parrent... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: 2014-15 NCAA Division I Recruiting Calendar 8.18.14
you need to familiarize yourself with the three different types of recruiting ... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: NCAA Rules Changes for Class of 2016 8.11.14
can receive athletics aid but cannot compete in games in their first year ... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: Changes to Rules Regarding Text Messaging 8.01.14
Beginning today these rules have changed and now ... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials Q and A: Transfers, JUCO, Walk-ons and More 7.28.14
very common scenario many baseball prospects face each year... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: 4-2-4 Transfers into NCAA Schools 7.21.14
There is an additional path to being eligible right away at a Division... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: 4-4 Transfers into NCAA Division I 7.07.14
If the school you are attending prior to transferring denies you a permission... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: NCAA Division II, III and NAIA 2-4 Transfers 6.30.14
college transfer that was an NCAA qualifier out of high school to be eligible... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: NCAA Division I and 2-4 Transfers 6.23.14
again putting a premium on the decisions you make when picking courses... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: Junior College Recruiting and Eligibility Rules 6.02.14
make sure you take courses that will someday transfer into the type... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: NAIA Recruiting and Eligiblity Rules 5.26.14
are allowed to offer up to 12 full athletic scholarships and can distribute ... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials Q and A: Transfers, Recruiting Panic and More 5.21.14
If you are a sophomore in high school NCAA Division I coaches cannot... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: NCAA Division III Rules 5.19.14
private schools with generous academic scholarships ... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials Q and A: Pell Grants, sum ACT scores and more 5.14.14
take the ACT multiple times the NCAA allows you to use... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: NCAA Division II Eligibility Rules 5.12.14
real difference in terms of the 16 core courses is that Division I requires... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: NCAA Division II Recruiting/Scholarship Rules 5.05.14
Division II baseball programs have a maximum of nine ... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: Additional Financial Aid Options 4.28.14
no matter what amount you are offered it is a good idea to ask... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials Q and A: Scholarships, Over-Recruiting, APR and More 4.23.14
coaches get paid to win games and if they get annihilated by the MLB draft... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: Combining Athletics and Academic Aid 4.21.14
must meet one of the following criteria based on your high school... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: Sample Division I Roster with Scholarships 4.14.14
actual scholarship breakdown used at the Division I college level a few... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials Q and A: Answering questions from Monday's scholarship feature 4.09.14
If a coach offers 100 percent tuition is that considered a full ride or... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: NCAA Division I Baseball Scholarships 4.07.14
come up with a percentage scholarship you take the cash amount awarded ... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: Verbal Commitments3.31.14
commitment trend is what came before the whole thing turned into a zoo ... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials Q and A: Visits, Academics, Northwestern case and more 3.26.14
few weeks ago and was instantly bombarded with offers... >>
- BRPlus Recruiting Essentials: College Visits 3.24.14
can make an official visit to a Division I school starting on the first... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: Phone Calls 3.17.14
Coaches cannot place a phone call to a prospect or parent of a prospect ... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials Q and A: Multi-Year Scholarhsips, Two-Way Players and More 3.12.14
every ten kids that are recruited as two way players only one actually... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: Electronic Communications 3.10.14
verbally commits to a school the coach cannot congratulate them via Twitter ... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: Recruiting Materials 3.04.14
If you are a top prospect and wake up one day with 107 text messages... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: Q and A - More on JUCOs, Scholarships, Academics 2.26.14
which avenue is going to best prepare me to be a starter as a junior... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: NCAA Initial Eligibility Changes for Class of 2016 2.24.14
significant change as it ends the chance of a class of 2016+ prospect... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: NCAA Division I Academic Eligibility 2.17.17
In order to become an NCAA Qualifier at the NCAA Division I level... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: NCAA Eligibility Center 2.11.14
In order to participate in Division I or II athletics you must first... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: NCAA Division I Recruiting Calendar 2.03.14
the calendar that guides what they can do recruiting-wise and when ... >>
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PBRPlus Recruting Essentials: Q & A - Scholarships, JUCOs and more 1.30.14
27 total scholarship slots, the average scholarship is 43%... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: Important Dates for Prospects 1.28.14
cover the key recruiting dates for baseball prospects throughout their ... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: The Big Kahuna 1.22.14
Finding the right person to call on your behalf... >>
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PBRPlus Recruiting Essentials: First Impressions 1.15.14
On a number of occasions in my career as a recruiting coordinator e-mail correspondence sparked interest... >>
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PBRPlus Introducing the Recruiting Essentials Blog 1.06.14
Recruiting Essentials is going to explore how the college baseball recruiting process works... >>